Miner s candlestick



(No Model.) W. LINGIGUM 8v' C. P. LEWIS.

MINERS GANDLESTIGK.

No. 549,925, Patented Nov. 19, 1895.

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into the ceiling, floor, or sides of a drift or l by small staples in horizontal position. This UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LINOICUM AND CHARLES F. LEVlS, OF COLORADO OITY,

' COLORADO.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming Apart of Letters Patent No. 549,925, dated November 19, 1895.

Application filed September 11, 1895. Serial No. 562,170. (No model.) Y

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM LINoIcUM and CHARLES F. LEWIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Colorado City, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Miners Candlestick, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in miners candlesticks, our obj ect being to pro` vide a device that will always maintain the candle in vertical position whether it is driven hung on the miners cap or belt or on a ledge; also to provide a device that will carry a long candle and protect the same from breakage or injury, and also to provide adj ustablemeans for concentrating the rays of light in any direction desired.

With these ends in view our invention consists in the various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of our invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with parts broken away and without the reflector. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section. Fig. 4 presents details of the top and bottom caps. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the reilector.

Reference-numeral 1 designates the candlesocket. This is a tube about ten inches long, more or less, made of brass or iron or other rigid material, and is of a size to correspond to the candle to be used. Within this tube is a spiral sprin g-projector 2, normally extending the entire length of the tube and secured at its lower end by small staples to the bottom 3 of an inclosing-cap 4, whose side walls 5 iit snugly around the outside of tube 1. These walls 5 are secured to said tube by one or more bayonet-slots 6, cut in the edge of said walls, which fit .over suitable pins 7, projecting from the tube. These slots 6 are recessed at their inner ends 8, so as to retain the cap securely against accidental dislodgment from the pins 7. At its upper end spring 2 carries a button or candle-rest 9, firmly secured thereto rest 9 is provided to receive the lower end of the candle 10 and hold said candle by means of sprin g 2 with its upper end in constant concuring direct easy swing of said socket in its supporting frame 17. Frame 17 is cast of malleable iron or brass and is oblong in shape, with oval ends to permit of considerable swing of socket 1,which is hung transversely therein on its trunnions 15 in the cup-bearings or j ournal-boxes 18. Retaining-springs 19, secured at one end to frame 17, are arched over trunnions 15 to hold them snugly in their bearings and are turned up at their other ends 20, so as to give easy access for the removal or replacing of the candle-socket in its frame.

At one end frame 17 is provided with a projecting lug 21, bored longitudinally to provide an extended bearing 22 of tang 23, which is secured therein by means of a heavy washer 24 and colter-pin 25,seated in a suitable recess 26, provided in the frame. This tang is made of steel and is conically tapered to a point 27 for the purpose v of insertion in a seam in the rock to hold the candle in position, and is provided with a shoulder 2S to abut against lug 2l for the purpose of receiving the longitudinal thrust of said insertion.

' At one side of frame 17 a hook 29 is provided to project over laterally therefrom for the attachment of the candle to the hat or belt or any'other convenient place on Which it may be hooked. .Hook 29 is formed of stiff Wire and is firmly secured in the upper side of frame 17 by diverging brace-knees 30 and downturned ends 31, which are riveted or otherwise secured in suitable holes in the frame.

Reiiector 32 consists of a small polished disk of approved form and material, provided at its back with a bifurcated lug, between whose perforated ears 33 the vertical loop end for the spindle end 3i of the supporti11g-bracket 35 is secured by a set-screw 3U. At its lower end supportingbraeket 35 is bent around into horizontal position and spread out into two selnicircular spring-arms 37. These arms are adapted to be sprung apart sufficiently to fit over cap l2 l and snap into groove 14.

The operation and use of our improved miners eandlestick are as follows: The top cap l2 is taken off and a candle 10, of suilicient length to last through one shift, is forced down into socket l, pushing the button or rest 9 ahead of it and compressing spring 2. The top cap is then screwed or jointed on and the wick lighted. Il' the socket is not already in its frame, it is adjusted therein by slipping the trunnions under the upturned ends 20 of springs 19 and into bearings 18. llook 2f) is then secured in the miners cap to hold the Candlestick until the miner reaches his place in the drift. Ile then chooses a good location for his light and forces tang 23 into the rock or earth. The candle-socket at once swings into true verti cal position, swinging one way on its trun nions l5 and transversely thereto on spindle 22.' vrPhe reector is now adjusted to throw the light on the precise spot desired. This is done by swinging it up or down on set-screw 36 and by turning it around laterally on arms 37, moving in groove 14e.

The device hereinabove described is very simple in construction and will be found of the greatest convenience and efficiency in practice and will eiect a saving of tallow and avoid the annoyance incident to the dripping of the tallow upon the clothes. It will be apparent that certain of the features and principles hereinabove described may be applied to miners lamps in which coal-oil is used without materially changing the general construction of the device. It will also be apparent that other changes in the form,

proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

l. In a miners eandlestick, the combination with a candle socket, provided intern ally with a spiral spring projector and having a suitable retaining cap at its upper end, of an oblong frame pivotally secured at the middle of its sides to the upper end of said socket, and a sharpened tang longitudinally pivoted at its inner end in one end of said frame so as to lie in the plane of said frame at a right angle to said former pivotal axi s, and said tang having a shoulder abutting against the outer en d of its bearing, substantially as described.

2. In a niiners candlestiek, the combination with a candle socket, provided internally with a spiral spring projector and having a suitable retaining cap at its upper end, of an oblong frame pivotally secured at the middle of its sides to the upper end of said socket, a sharpened tang longitudinally pivoted at its inner end in one end of said frame so as to lie in the plane of said frame at right a angle to said former pivotal axis, and said tang having a shoulder abutting against the ou ter end of its bearing, and a hook provided on one side of said frame to project over outwardly therefrom, substantially as described.

Ina mincrs Candlestick, the eombination with a candle socket, provided internally with a spiral spring projector and having a suitable retaining cap at its upper end, of an oblong frame pivotally secured at the middle of its sides to thc upper end of said socket, a sharpened tang longitudinally pivoted at its inner end in one end of said frame so as to lie in the plane of said frame at a right angle to said former pivotal axis, and said tang having a shoulder abutting against the outer end of its bearing, and spring arms removably clamped to said cap so as to turn freely there on, said arms being bent outwardly and upwardly to form a loop and provided on said loop with a reiiector adjustably secured thereto by means of a horizontal set screw pivot, substantially as described.

a. In a miners ean'dlestick, the combination with a candle socket provided on its opposite sides at a point above its center of gravity with laterally projecting trunnions, of an oblong frame provided with semicircular bearings for said trunnions midway of the sides of said frame and in the upper face thereof, springs secured to said sides and arched over said trunnions to hold the same in place, a longitudinally projecting bearing extending from and formed in one end of said frame, a sharpened tang provided with a spindle to iit said bearing and with a shoulder to abut again st the outer end thereof, said spindle being suitably secured on the inner side of said bearing, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aihxed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM LINCIGUM. CHARLES F. LEWS. VVitnesses:

R. S. BRIscoE, A. XV. SHERMAN.

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